Catching Monsters

Chapter 150: Spend Until All Is Used Up
When Master Baichen heard this, the anger in his eyes was about to burst out: "What do you want to do? Did you kidnap the Taoist priests of our Baiyun Temple?"

"You won't release me unless I pay you? Are you Jinyiwei kidnappers?"

Jiang Yun spread out his hands, his face calm: "It's up to you how you interpret it."

"If we let one go, how many will be left?" Jiang Yun looked at Xu Xiaogang who was outside the study.

Xu Xiaogang thought for a moment and said, "According to what you said, if we let one person go, there will still be forty-five Taoists left."

"Four thousand five hundred taels of silver."

"Pay the money and I'll let you go, otherwise no deal."

Master Bai Chen took a deep breath and glanced at Jiang Yun coldly: "Wait for me."

See Master Bai Chen turn around and leave.

Jiang Yun frowned slightly, then said to Qi Da: "Don't let him go if you don't pay."

"If we do this, we will really become kidnappers. Commander Li will hear about this." Qi Da wanted to persuade them.

Jiang Yun rolled his eyes at him and said, "Can I keep all this money for myself? Can Commander Li not get a share?"

Since I have already offended Master Bai Chen, I might as well offend him more severely.

Then Jiang Yun hurriedly went to a side hall in the East Pacification Office with Xu Xiaogang.

Jiang Qiaoqiao was sitting inside holding Xiao Hei, with two Jinyiwei guards beside her helping to look after her.

"Brother." Jiang Qiaoqiao saw Jiang Yun appear and hurried over.

"Are you okay?" Jiang Yun asked in a deep voice.

Jiang Qiaoqiao shook her head and said hurriedly: "A group of Taoist priests suddenly kidnapped me..."

Jiang Qiaoqiao was recounting her experience, and Xiao Hei in her arms was cooing, as if he wanted to say something too.

"I'm glad you're okay." Jiang Yun breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice, "Xiaogang, send Qiaoqiao back to the Duke's Mansion first. I'll wait for Master Baichen to come back."

"Okay." Xu Xiaogang nodded.

After sending Xu Suwen out of the East Pacification Office gate, Jiang Yun returned to Yang Liunian's study and continued waiting.

It was almost noon when suddenly, footsteps were heard outside.

"Greetings, Commander!"

When the Jinyiwei who were patrolling on duty in the Eastern Pacification Office saw Li Wangxin, they all stood up and saluted.

Bang.

The door of Yang Liunian's study was pushed open. Li Wangxin looked inside with a gloomy face: "Yang Liunian, what's going on?"

Yang Liunian and Jiang Yun in the room quickly stood up.

"Hey, Commander, why are you here?" Yang Liunian smiled and walked forward quickly: "This is what happened..."

"It's very simple."

At this time, Master Bai Chen walked into the study room. She looked at Jiang Yun with cold eyes and said, "Commander Li, your East Pacification Division is about to become a den of thieves."

"They captured the Taoist priest from Baiyun Temple for no reason and threatened me to pay a ransom."

As he spoke, Master Bai Chen took out five silver bills.

Four bills are worth one thousand and one is worth five hundred.

She stared at Jiang Yun with a bit of contempt in her eyes and said slowly: "Yes, General Jiang, I have brought the ransom you asked for, why don't you take it?"

Li Wangxin frowned and looked at Jiang Yun. He was originally in the mansion, preparing to go to bed.

Suddenly I heard that Master Baichen from Baiyun Temple had arrived.

He and Master Bai Chen were not familiar with each other, mainly because His Majesty disliked Taoism. As the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and His Majesty's close confidant, it was not good for him to get too close to him.

He was also wondering why this Taoist nun suddenly came to his door in the middle of the night?
Unexpectedly, the other party came to call for punishment.

He also claimed that his Dongzhenfusi had arrested a large number of Taoist priests from Baiyun Temple for no reason and demanded ransom.

At this time, Master Bai Chen waved the silver bills in her hand and snorted coldly. She didn't think that Jiang Yun really dared to take the stack of silver bills.

This guy's boss's boss has already called him over.

But unexpectedly, Jiang Yun actually walked forward, stretched out his hand to take the banknote, and then looked at it carefully to verify its authenticity.

Jiang Yun grinned: "Okay, it's true, I'll ask them to release them right away."

Master Bai Chen took a deep breath and quickly turned back to look at Li Wangxin: "Commander Li, you saw with your own eyes what your men were doing."

Li Wangxin stood with his hands behind his back and did not ask Jiang Yun, but looked at Yang Liunian.

He asked, "What's the situation? Tell me everything." Yang Liunian was happy and glanced at Master Bai Chen. This guy had found the wrong person.

Then he slowly said, "Commander, this is what happened. Baiyun Temple kidnapped Jiang Yun's sister first. Jiang Yun went to the temple and asked them to release her, but they ignored him."

"Jiang Yun can only invite the Taoist priests from Baiyun Temple to visit our East Pacification Office."

In just a few words, the matter was made clear.

Yang Liunian has followed Li Wangxin for many years and he knows it very well.

Li Wangxin had been in charge of the Imperial Guards for many years. After he left, everyone in the Imperial Guards remembered his kindness.

The same was true when he later took charge of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Although he was a little greedy for money, no one said anything bad about this commander-in-chief.

The reason is very simple. Li Wangxin is a very protective person.

After listening to this, Li Wangxin slowly looked at Master Baichen and said, "In other words, it was you, Baiyun Temple, who first arrested the person? And then you brought me here to question me?"

Upon hearing this, Master Baichen frowned and said in a deep voice: "Commander Li..."

"Okay, I have a general idea of what happened." Li Wangxin said slowly, "You guys at Baiyun Temple have also released the people, right?"

"Jiang Yun has already taken the money, so he can just release these Taoists."

Li Wangxin smiled and asked, "Master Baichen, is there anything else you want to say?"

Seeing the other party's attitude, Master Bai Chen knew that this was probably the only way.

She clenched her fists, feeling unwilling, glared at Jiang Yun fiercely, then waved her hand and turned away.

Jiang Yun also breathed a sigh of relief. When he saw Master Bai Chen bring Li Wangxin here, he thought that Li Wangxin would speak for her.

"You are Jiang Yun, right?" Li Wangxin looked Jiang Yun up and down.

Although it was the first time he saw this boy, Li Wangxin had heard of his name before.

Seeing Li Wangxin's gloomy face, Jiang Yun hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you, Commander. I am sorry to have caused you trouble."

Li Wangxin snorted coldly, glanced at the banknote in Jiang Yun's hand, and said with some displeasure, "Tell me about this kind of reasonable thing in advance next time."

"How can Baiyun Temple be rich? Why do you only want more than 4,000 taels of silver?"

"Tell me this earlier. I'll have to ask her for ten thousand taels of silver before she lets him go."

Hearing this, Jiang Yun also sensibly took out a silver note of two thousand taels and handed it over.

"Keep this money for yourself. The brothers below will help you catch people and give you more." Li Wangxin strode away with a sullen face.

"Thank you, Commander."

Watching Li Wangxin leave, Jiang Yun couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this guy must be something to be able to become the commander.

Who doesn’t want such a leader?

"Ahem." Yang Liunian coughed and said slowly, "It seems that the commander thinks highly of you."

Jiang Yun came back to his senses and quickly took out a silver note of 1,000 taels and handed it over: "Captain Yang has also worked hard."

Yang Liunian took the banknote with a smile, and then reminded Jiang Yun: "Baiyun Temple still has some influence in the capital, especially these crazy Taoists. If you really provoke them, God knows what they will do."

"Don't mess with the people from Baiyun Temple recently."

Jiang Yun heard this, thought about it carefully, coughed and said: "I can only try not to provoke them..."

"As much as possible?"

"On the seventh day of the first lunar month, I'm afraid I'll have to attend the Taoist conference..."

Yang Liunian knew that Jiang Yun was practicing Taoism, but why was this kid preparing to attend a Taoist conference?
When those guys from Baiyun Temple saw Jiang Yun, wouldn’t they want to tear him to pieces?
After leaving Yang Liunian's study, looking at the 3,500 taels of silver in his hand, Jiang Yun first found Qi Da, who was releasing people at the gate of the imperial prison.

After seeing him let the Taoists go one by one, he took out 1,500 taels of silver and handed them over: "Brother Qi, you can exchange it for silver later, 100 taels per person, and the remaining 300 taels, take the brothers to the Jiaofangsi tonight to have some fun and relieve your fatigue."

Qi Da smiled when he heard this, and took the money without being polite. He said, "We are a dozen brothers, but we can't spend so much money."

Jiang Yun patted him on the shoulder and said, "Then call a few more until they are all gone."

"Okay." Qi Da was not polite, and then asked: "General, aren't you going with us?"

"I won't go. I have to go back and prepare myself."

"Preparing for what?" Qi Da asked puzzledly.

"A conference to discuss Taoism." Jiang Yun said with a smile.

Although Taoism is his strong point, he cannot take it lightly. He does not want to lose to Baiyun Temple.

(End of this chapter)